linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v4 2/6] ext4: remove an unnecessary if statement in __ext4_get_inode

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Message-ID: <YS2cPL8px2WPFQbS@mit.edu>
Date:   Mon, 30 Aug 2021 23:04:28 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jack@...e.cz,
        yukuai3@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/6] ext4: remove an unnecessary if statement in
 __ext4_get_inode_loc()

On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 09:04:08PM +0800, Zhang Yi wrote:
> The "if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))" hunk covered almost the whole code after
> getting buffer in __ext4_get_inode_loc() which seems unnecessary, remove
> it and switch to check ext4_buffer_uptodate(), it simplify code and make
> it more readable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted